Persona 5 is getting a new spinoff on mobile and PC

It’s not the next mainline entry in the series, but Atlus did announced a new Persona game today. It’s called Persona 5: The Phantom X, and it’s a spinoff that’s launching on both mobile and PC on June 26th. As the name implies, The Phantom X is set in the same universe as 2017’s Persona 5, and will feature a new main character leading a new band of Phantom Thieves. This story takes place in “a mysterious Tokyo where desires have been lost.” The structure of The Phantom X sounds a lot like traditional Persona, as players will experience normal high school life during the day, before heading off to explore dungeons at night. There’s also turn-based combat and a “synergy system” where players can form close ties with NPCs in the game. Previous Next 1 / 5 Image: Atlus There are also multiplayer elements, including guilds which allow “players to interact with one another in-game.” From the sounds of it, The Phantom X is an attempt to blend the single-player RPGs the franchise is ... Read full article.